Coghlan says policing levels in South Armagh is 'almost a token presence'.

15 June 2015

The chair of a committee of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly, which published a report on cross border criminality - including smuggling, has told Louth County Council that the policing levels in South Armagh is 'almost a token presence'.

Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan - who co-authored the report, addressed councillors this morning on the committee's recommendations and what he witnessed during a visit by a delegation.

The Kerry Senator - whose mother was born in South Armagh, says that there are so few police in South Armagh, that those involved in fuel laundering carry on regardless.